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Please review the Novel Night Dinners below and indicate your first FIVE choices.
(Or indicate that you’re happy to attend any of our fabulous dinners! )
Dinner choices are not guaranteed, and are first come, first served, depending on availability. In the event that of all five of your dinner choices are not available, we will select a dinner for you. 
If we are able to seat you at a dinner, there are no refunds. 
Refunds will only be issued if there are no seats left at any dinner.

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THE 2018 NOVEL NIGHT DINNERS

From Russia
​with Love
Ian Fleming 

The Cold War is in full swing when British secret agent James Bond is lured to Istanbul by the ravishing Tatiana Romanova, an operative for Russia’s lethal SMERSH.  Dressed in your formal best, join 007 at a spectacular Turkish repast for a game of cross—and double-cross.
(Seats 24)

Outlander
Diana Gabaldon 

Relax, throw on your beach togs, and head south... You’ll rub shoulders with shrimpers, football players, a poet, and maybe even an NYC shrink at this Low Country buffet fit for a prince. (Seats 16-18)

The Thin Man
Dashiell Hammett 

New York City, December 1932, as Prohibition ends.  Don your ’30s finest, hoist martinis and Manhattans. Join the infamous dinner party where Nick and Nora invite the suspects in Clyde Wynant’s murder, and learn the killer’s identity over oysters and nuts. (Seats 12)

How the Grinch Stole Christmas!
Dr. Suess 

It’s Yule-tide in Who-ville: sit down to a feast 
Of Who-hash, Who-pudding, delicious roast-beast... 
The Grinch, his dog Max, young Cindy-Lou Who,
And the rest of the Whos will be dining with you.
(Seats 20)

Memoirs of a Geisha
Arthur Golden ​

 Don your finest kimonos and haoris, and enjoy this mouthwatering classic Japanese repast prepared by an in-house chef.  Toast live performers with sake—and expect a surprise before dinner is done! (Seats 12)

Our Man in Havana
Graham Greene ​

Fancy an exquisite empanada, washed down by a finely calibrated mojito?  Then grab your formal threads and make your way to this sumptuous dinner set in the pre-Castro era, accompanied by rollicking Cuban music. (Seats 36)

Alice Through the Looking Glass
Kari Sutherlan 

By proclamation of the Red Queen, bring your “hearts” to a royal celebration. Among the offerings: cocktails fit for a king, plentiful hors d’oeuvres, and a tantalizing carving station. Celebrate in this palace of dreams—the Mad Hatter is counting on you! (Seats 40)

Interview with the Vampire
Anne Rice   

Break out your black velvet bustier and sink your fangs into a voluptuous Creole buffet set in picturesque New Orleans. (Seats 24)

Born to Run
Bruce Springsteen 

Step “Out in the Street” and join us for a night of rock ’n’ roll; Jersey’s finest food, served cocktail-style; and lots of denim as we re-live the “Glory Days” on our side of “The River”! (Seats 24)

Westworld
Michael Crichton 

Enjoy cocktails, a whiskey tasting, and a dystopian buffet at the Mariposa Saloon.  Come armed (leave the ammo at home), hang with the robots, and remember: “These violent delights have violent ends.”  (Seats 24)

We’ll Always Have Casablanca: The Life, Legend, and Afterlife of Hollywood’s Most Beloved Movie
Noah Isenberg 

Of all the gin joints, in all the world, walk into ours.  Join revolutionaries and corrupt bureaucrats for French appetizers and a Moroccan repast at Rick’s. (Seats 24)

The Mists of Avalon  
​Noah Isenberg 

Part the mists and take your place at the Round Table with Celtic priestesses, Druids, and Iron Age knights.  Enjoy a fantastical feast on the legendary island of Avalon.  (Seats 18)

Mythology  
​Edith Hamilton 

Scale Mount Olympus and partake of a seated dinner fit for the gods.  Put a modern-day twist on your favorite Greek, Roman or Norse deity. Togas and horned helmets optional. (Seats 36)

JLA/Avengers
Kurt Busiek

Superman and Black Widow join Captain America and Wonder Woman at this super-heroic spread with passed appetizers, along with sandwiches and sides hot off the food truck.   Comic book décor, photo booth, music, and videos. (Seats 40)

The Last Days of Night
Graham Moore

Step into the Gilded Age for an electrifying evening with the fabulously wealthy at George Westinghouse’s Berkshires mansion. Currents of rivalry and the spark of competition between Westinghouse and Thomas Edison will buzz through cocktails in the parlor and a seated dinner in the dining room.  ​ (Seats 22)

Chitty-Chitty-Bang-Bang
Ian Fleming 

Hobnob with Baron & Baroness Bomburst, the Child Catcher, inventor Caractacus Pott, and many more English eccentrics. Help yourself to a buffet that’s Truly Scrumptious. Then off to the Club—perhaps in a certain gleaming green touring car—for Toots Sweets! (Seats 40)

The Boys of Winter:  The Untold Story of a Coach, a Dream and the 1980 U.S. Olympic Hockey Team
Wayne Coffey  

The puck stops here.  Drape yourself in the Red, White, and Blue, grab your hockey stick, and come on over to this miraculous meal. (Seats 50)

The Commitments
Roddy Doyle

Get your Guinness on and travel back to 1980s Dublin for an evening of live Irish soul music with the “hardest working band in show business.”  Enjoy a hearty buffet, swap tall tales, and try your hand at pub games. (Seats 24)

A Gentleman in Moscow
Amor Towles

Escape the tumult of history in the Old World glamour of a luxury hotel, circa 1920s–40s. Don your most elegant formal attire and Join unrepentant aristocrats and other glittering guests for a Russian vodka-tasting with passed appetizers, followed by a seated supper. He can’t leave the hotel; you won’t want to. (Seats 18)

Bacardi and the Long Fight for Cuba: The Biography of a Cause
Tom Gjelten

Grab your guayabera—or your rumba dress—and celebrate the history of Cuba, from its days as a Spanish colony to the rollicking, gambling era and beyond—through the prism of a colorful rum-making family, the Bacardis. A seated repast of traditional Cuban food awaits. (Seats 18)

Sense and Sensibility
Jane Austen

The pleasure of your company is requested at a Regency-style evening of classic English food and music, in a waterfront mansion befitting royalty. Check your class distinctions at the door.
(Seats 32)

​Live from New York:  The Complete, Uncensored History of Saturday Night Live
James Andrew Miller & Tom Shales

Live from Pelham, it’s Saturday Night! Party on with Wayne and Garth, belt one out with the Sweeney Sisters, or consume mass quantities with the Coneheads at this behind-the-scenes celebration of the SNL hijinks at Studio 8H. Dinner will be a fabulous buffet—and don’t worry, there will be all-you-can-eat Schweddy Balls. (Seats 36)

The Prestige
Christopher Priest

Step back into Victorian England for this tale of dueling magicians, desperate love, and deadly intrigue. Fill your glass and load your plate with hearty pub fare at our buffet dinner—and prepare for a Master Mentalist to astound and mystify! (Seats 30)

At the Water’s Edge
Sara Gruen

Don your kilts and tartan skirts, and let us lure you into the magic, mystery, and adventure of a remote Scottish Highlands village during World War Two. Hunt for the Loch Ness monster while enjoying libations and cuisine from whisky to salmon—but no haggis served here! (Seats 24)

Prince of Tides
Pat Conroy ​

Relax, throw on your beach togs, and head south... You’ll rub shoulders with shrimpers, football players, a poet, and maybe even an NYC shrink at this Low Country buffet fit for a prince. (Seats 24)

The Graduate
Charles Webb

“And here’s to you, Mrs. Robinson.” Toast the Class of 1963 with Mrs. Robinson and her California friends.  Enjoy deviled eggs, Jell-O salad, and Chex Mix as you learn about the newest industrial miracle: “plastics.”  Sit down to dinner served on period-perfect china, and welcome nightfall beside our “swimming pool” while listening to the Sounds of Silence. (Seats 24)

Murder in Montparnasse
Kerry Greenwood

Bee-stung lips, bobbed hair, and boas: Join P.I. Miss Phryne Fisher and her swanky gang in 1920s Melbourne, with flashbacks to bohemian post-WWI Paris. Period cocktails, music, and food.  (Seats 36)

Last of the Giants:  The True Story of Guns N’ Roses 
Mick Wall

Welcome to the jungle! It’s the late twentieth century, heyday of “the most dangerous band in the world.” Bring your appetite for our buffet, preceded by passed hors d’oeuvres and copious cocktails. Dress in your “Hair Band” best and be ready to rock! (Seats 50)

Mean Girls
Micol Ostow

On Novel Night, we wear pink. Or Peace Corps gear. Or head gear! Which table will you sit at? Rest assured, these moms are not regular moms, and this cafeteria food is better than you remember. (Seats 36)
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